Global MBA

The full-time, two-year Global MBA program provides rigorous training in traditional business skills.

Students spend the first year taking required core courses in groups of 40-45 classmates, attending lectures, working on case studies and team projects, and participating in experiential learning opportunities. Prior to fall classes, Global MBA students spend their first three weeks on campus in MBA C-Suite. This orientation program of workshops, team case work, speakers, and social activities introduces new students to the MBA experience, their fellow students, Business School faculty and alumni, resources at the George Washington University, and life in Washington, D.C. During this time, students also brush up on quantitative skills. Toward the end of the first year, the Consulting Abroad Project (CAP) gives students first-hand experience in doing business abroad. Each CAP is led by a faculty member who guides a student team through a real-life consulting engagement for a global firm. After spending seven weeks in D.C. doing research and shaping findings, teams travel abroad to the firm’s home country for two weeks to deliver final recommendations to company leaders. The second year of the program is all about preparing for professional life after graduation. After spending the summer at an internship or studying abroad, students take elective courses focused on their areas of interest.There are 24 credit hours of electives built into the curriculum.